"Bloody Game"

Though fronted by the sister of Sharin Foo, Giana Factory shares little else with the stylized neo-garage of the Raveonettes. Instead, this Danish troupe specializes in frozen cold, electronic minimalism, heightening drama through an eerie starkness. "Bloody Game" is little more than pulsing bass and ricocheting keystrokes, as Loui Foo recites the lyrics with clinical dispassion. "You better open my chest with a knife/ Check if my heart beats for you/ And if it doesn't, then do what you need to do," she intones. The remove in her voice seems far from accidental. In this tale of love gone wrong, she gives up so much of herself to her lover, so much control, that she quite literally ceases to be. It's a chilling, albeit engrossing, account best observed from a distance.